Retail quest

Crushing the Cores

Crushing the Cores is a World of Warcraft quest for level 30–35. Rewards include 4,800 experience and item rewards.

Quest text

What the quest giver says.

‹name›, ‹class› and ‹race› stand for your character’s.

These searing guardians are murderous! We destroy them, and within minutes, they reignite from the ashes. I think there's a way to destroy them permanently, but we'll need someone who can fight through the front ranks. ‹name›, kill the searing guardians and take their smoldering cores to the nearby anvils. Smash them on the Twilight Anvils, and destroy them for good!

Requirements and rewards

What it takes, what it gives.

Requirements

Level 30–35

Rewards

4,800 experience
13g74s
+250 reputation with Guardians of Hyjal

Choose one of

Drape of Smoldering Dreams · Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Havoc, Brewmaster, Feral, Guardian, Vengeance, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival
Anvilcrush Bracers · Holy, Protection, Fury, Frost, Blood, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms
Coreforged Girdle · Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation, Restoration, Elemental, Enhancement, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival

Leads to

Quests this one opens.

Completing this quest is required for these.

Cindermaul, the Portal Master

Source

Where this data comes from.

Read from Blizzard's official World of Warcraft API.

Data from Blizzard’s official World of Warcraft API, retrieved Oct 5, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC. World of Warcraft and its game data are © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. NeedBeforeGreed isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard.

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